Description: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll). Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co., 1877. PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., forty-fourth thousand, illustrated By John Tenniel, inscribed by Dodgson on the half-title "Mariella York Powell, from the Author. Nov. 23, 1897", in black ink. One of the few copies bound in the scarce white paper/leatherette binding, reproducing the gilt decoration of the red cloth editions, all edges gilt, black pastedowns and endapers. Internally clean and bright, spine neatly relined retaining the original spine, back corners lightly rubbed, general handling, overall still VERY GOOD, housed in a 1/4 red morocco slipcase. RBH record only 2 presentation copies ever appearing at auction in the white binding in the last 43 years. The last in 2018 and sold for $19,800. Mariella York Powell was the daughter of Frederick York Powell who was close friends with John Butler Yeats whom the artist first met on his move to Bedford Park, London in the late 1880's. This item comes with a "COA" - Certificate of Authenticity Who we are - D&D Galleries was founded in 1985. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Provincial Bookfair Association of Great Britain (PBFA). So bid and buy with confidence. Our inventory (largely English language only) is slightly eclectic and ranges from the 16th through the 20th centuries with sub-specialties in S.T.C. and Wing books, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, presentation and association material as well as 17th and 18th C. British history, sets and bindings. Terms - Any item(s) may be returned with 7 days for a full refund if found to be not authentic or substantially at odds with our description or pictures. Items returned must be received in the same condition and completeness as sent.
Price: 24000 USD
Location: Somerville, New Jersey
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Origin: English
Binding: Fine Binding
Illustrator: John Tenniel
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Inscribed
Author: Lewis Carroll
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Character Family: Alice in Wonderland
Year Printed: 1877
